I started writing this blog in the spring of 2010 when I just moved to Japan and I’ve met a number of new people through this blog since. Interestingly, one of my favourite people is the husband of a reader with whom I still keep in touch.
I’m proud that most of my readers are people whom I don’t know or didn’t know in person, which hopefully means that I am posting something useful or interesting to people and not just because they know me in person. While the number of readers still isn’t large enough to boast about (partly due to my inconsistency in updating), in the six years I’ve been writing, I’ve received similar questions from different readers again and again, which made me realise that most people reading this blog are looking for the same number of things.
This made me decide to want to offer a service to help you. If you could tell me what kind of services you hope I can offer or how you think I will be able to help you in anyway, leave me a comment below or if you prefer to keep it private, you can submit your thoughts and ideas through the Contact page. In which case, please start your message with #help so that I know that it is a response to this post and I’ll not share details of the message publicly.
The service can be anything such as searching for Japanese language schools, applying to enroll to these schools, getting a mobile phone, opening a bank account, buying a futon, getting an apartment, getting a job, etc.
Once I get the results, I’ll see how I can best serve my readers and hopefully start helping the people on this site.
Thanks for your offer! I shall shamelessly ask for your help then, thanks!
How did you get a job in Japan besides teaching English? Can you register with job agencies like Pasona and they will help you find a job hopefully? What if you are in Singapore and not in Japan?
I’m studying in Yamasa right now (recommended from your blog- it’s a great school! V intensive course, worth the money) and I bought a futon. How can I carry/lug it back to Singapore? Do I have to throw it away after using it for less than a year?
Any recommendations on how to spend your time travelling around Japan after studies are over? Cheap, free and easy please.
Thanks so much!
LOL, that wasn’t what I was thinking.
When I said “service” I meant an actual service to offer, but sure, let me try to provide a satisfactory response to your questions.
Since that’s quite a number of questions, let me respond to them in the next post.
How about talking about the dating culture in Japan? Since you have been in Japan for quite awhile? 😉
Is it quite different from SG?
Stories that you have heard are welcome too.
Hmm… that’s an interesting idea too!
I like when you post things about the Japanese everyday life.
Right now, for example, I’m interested in knowing about how the Japanese adapt themselves to the catastrophes. Like the storm that’s coming today. Their society seems like a very peaceful one, but it also looks like a lot of natural disasters go their way.
I read that 90 people were trapped in a hot springs because the storm destroyed the highway to access it. If a worker was trapped in those hot springs and he had to go to work afterwards or the next day, would his boss normally take the day off of his vacations? (Maybe, because the worker should have known better as everyone knew about the storm)
Anyway, I believe that the Japanese have a very interesting way of thinking so it’s fun to read about their everyday lives; about how that way of thinking is being reflected their city.
Wow, you sure are updated about the weather situation in Japan. There hasn’t been much typhoon this year and as written in a previous post, Kanto was in danger of drying up with a total of under 60% of water remaining in all reservoirs combined as of yesterday (Aug 21, 2016). This typhoon should fix the water shortage issue.
I’ll write more in later posts! Thanks!
I’m more interested in finding other jobs other than teaching english in Japan for us-Singaporeans, but there isn’t any job agency that allow us to board on to. Would love to read more on this kind of service! Thank you for not stopping your pen!
Ah, this is great insight!
Why don’t you consider setting up a job/internship/education search agency of sorts? It seems like you could do it out of passion given your willingness to communicate with and help others.
I like this idea!